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San Marcos Honey Ale


 Percentile 
34
overall
Brewed by San Marcos Brewery & Grill
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale

San Marcos, California USA

bottled
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
132.95/5.02.88/5.0-47.4English pint, Shaker

Commercial Description:
Microbrewery Honey-flavored ale
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 doubleo (1096), San Diego, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/102/513/20
Oct 9, 2009  
On-tap at the brewery. Pours golden with a thin white head and specks of lace. Smells of honey with some hops as well. Tastes bitter at first like a pale ale but then the honey kicks in and sweetens it up through the middle to the finish. Medium body, vibrant carbonation. Not bad.


 yespr (11613), Copenhagen O, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Jul 24, 2009  
From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is vague cornish and light honey herbal. Flavour is bitter,subdued swetness and vague honey touch. Light fruity touch.


 Papsoe (14613), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 21, 2009  
On tap. Clear deep golden with an off-white head. Sweetish aroma of malt and honey. Medium body, sweet malty. Finishes dry with a whiff of sulphur. 070709


 Dogbrick (2813), Columbus, Ohio, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Jul 1, 2008  
Sample at the brewpub. This brew is a clear amber/honey color with a wispy off-white head that burns away to an outer ring quickly. Spotty top ring of lace on the glass. Sweet honey and malt aroma. Light body with a sweet honey character, and flavors of malt and some floral hops. The finish is sweet and malty with a short honey aftertaste. Fairly one-dimensional overall.


 Angeloregon (2024), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
May 4, 2008  
On tap at San Marcos Brewery & Grill--Clear copper-amber body with a small wispy white head. Bubbly, sweet, nutty, creamy, nose. Creamy, English flavor. Bready finish.


 jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jan 17, 2008  
on tap-pours a disappearing off white head and copper color. Aroma is floral/herbal mild hops, medium malt. Taste is floral/herbal mild hops, medium malt. Some mead character. OK/mild effervescence.


 decaturstevo (1971), decatur, Tennessee, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Dec 21, 2007  
On tap at the brewery. A golden ared pour with a white lace. Almost no aroma but nothing bad to mention. A bit of malt with a good bitter finish(where is the honey)? A little foamy and a bit thin. Another good drinker nothing really exceptional but again a nice drinker.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/59/20
Dec 12, 2007  
Date: 11/29/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear copper, fine off white head, lots of scattered lace, light sweet malt aroma, sweet malt flavor with a nice honey sweetness, balancing earthy hops keeps the sweetness under control and leaves a light bitter finish,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4



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